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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 18966 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sr. No.87 out of 185) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Heard Sri Sunil Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri R.P. Patel, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record.
3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.69 of 2025, under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 340(2), 338 B.N.S. and Section 66D I.T. Act, Police Station Cyber Crime Police Thana Ghaziabad, District Ghaziabad, during the pendency of trial.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. An amount of Rs.9 lakhs is stated to have been transferred to the account of the applicant, but the applicant has nothing to do with the said transfer of money. His fundamental rights enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India stand violated as he is languishing in jail since 10.04.2025 and the period of incarceration comes out to be more than one year and five months. The trial is not moving ahead. There is no criminal history of the applicant. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail.
5. Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application but the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant could not Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sunil Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Faizan .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
be disputed.
6. This Court had called for the status of trial from the concerned Trial Court. As per the said status report dated 13.08.2026, the charge against the applicant was framed on 12.05.2026 only and no witness has been examined to date.
7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by
learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into
consideration the period of incarceration of the applicant and the fact that no witness has been examined to date, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima-facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
8. Let the applicant- Faizan, be released on bail in the aforementioned case crime on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required.
9. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. September 8, 2026 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 18966 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad